BLANCIAK v. ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORP.

No. 95-3055.

77 F.3d 690 (1996)

Robert J. BLANCIAK; Raymond Bowman; William Burkett; Marlin D. Byers; Richard Cook; Robert E. Delledonne; Jack Delcimmuto; Richard T. Farah; Donald E. Holmes; James Markby; Donald C. Miller; Howard Mumau; Domonic Pocetti; Edward E. Primack; Anthony Rodnicki; William D. Rowe; Don Shellhammer; Paul R. Sibik; James Walker; Theodore W. Walker; Francis N. Amaranto; Leroy A. Calderone; Ronald E. Calhoun; Louis Ecaravaggio; Joseph W. Clark; George L. Fleeger; Ronald R. Fulton; Richard L. George; John M. Gulyas; Jack C. Hesketh; Robert Hutcherson; Robert D. Knabb; Bernard C. Kumpf; William John Morda; James E. Patty; Laura G. Poskus; Arthur L. Ramer; F. Eugene Smeltzer; Robert L. Stewart; Wesley E. Suman; Douglas E. Talmadge; Jack Wilmot, Jr., individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION; United Steelworkers of America; and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor & Industry; Harris Wofford, Secretary of Labor & Industry; Maurice Nates; John Krisiak; Stella Ravetto; R.C. Thomas; Charles E. Swartz, and various John Doe, and or Jane Doe(s) Robert J. Blanciak, Raymond Bowman, Joseph W. Clark; Jack Delcimmuto; Richard T. Farah, Richard George; John M. Gulyas; Jack C. Hesketh; Donald E. Holmes; Robert D. Knabb; James Markby; Donald C. Miller; James E. Patty; Dominic Pocetti; Edward E. Primack; Anthony Rodnicki; William Rowe; Don Shellhammer; F. Eugene Smeltzer; Robert L. Stewart; Douglas E. Talmadge and James Walker, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lieber (Argued), Lieber & Hammer, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.

Ernest D. Praete, Attorney General, Gloria A. Tischuk (Argued), Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.

Before: STAPLETON, McKEE and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to determine whether the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution bars a federal court from considering an age discrimination claim against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry ("Commonwealth"), that was acting in its capacity as an "employment agency" under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., when the alleged...

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